Photos of alleged fully-assembled next-gen iPhone surface - Page 7

And I'll add that comment I made to DaHarder to every other person who has read the article, seen the photos, and then commented that Apple is somehow doing something wrong when Apple hasn't ever mentioned ANYWHERE that the next iPhone is exactly like this, close to this, or even remotely like it!!!

Sigh....

 

His link was to the GT3, which is one of the coolest cars you can buy. Anyone who says otherwise has no business talking about cars.

 

And the Mini? Biggest POS you can currently buy. If I had an hour to spare I could write pages about all the problems they have with those cars and the lousy engineering that went into several of the major components. The people that truly love them? The flat-rate mechanics who work on them since they make lots of money due to the constant flow of vehicles with problems through dealer shops. The original Mini was cool, but the new one is junk. The New Mini is all style, no substance.

 

BTW, this is the epitome of cool:

 

 

The odometer is correct and verified.

 

Strange that so many people really care so much about the shell design. I care about design only so much as it relates to the actual screen size. It looks like a 4" screen is a safe bet at this point in time. I was hoping for at least 4.3" and would be thrilled if they went 4.5", but I can live with 4" but would prefer a tad wider and not just taller.  Since I will use a case, the rest of the external design is completely irrelevant to me. The next specs I will look for is the CPU and GPU horsepower, battery life, camera quality, and other features I actually use as oppose to look at. At the end of the day it is the internal parts of the phone that really count and not what it looks like. 

 

One thing is for sure, the next iPhone will kick ass on Verizon in terms of sales. They have a very big LTE presence and most people that want an iPhone on Verizon are waiting for the next one so they can use LTE. I am betting there is a huge pent up demand for the next iPhone especially since it will also have a larger screen in addition to LTE. Sprint and AT&T will also have pretty large areas covered with LTE not longer after the release furthering the demand even more for 3GS, 4, and even a lot of 4S owners. 

 

Whatever phone Apple makes will receive criticism from one camp or another but ultimately it is all about sales numbers and they seem to know what sells. 

 

 

 

 

Because this is the only place you can feel like you've "won" something right? Hella cool.

Flat out glad.

I'm a left-laner; where do you drive?

It's actually an Einstein thing. Go read as to why he did that.


At least we have been getting redesigned Mac Pro's. Those failing to see that have a single-digid IQ.



Don't see the picture, but don't need to. You make a strong case!

I read somewhere that each US carrier has their own iPhone model. And are NOT exchangable. Can't find the link, but I believe you actually posted it. Did find this:

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/think_youll_put_verizon_iphone_sprint_think_again

When we asked about putting a Verizon CDMA device on the Sprint network, the salesperson said, "Sprint devices use our all digital Sprint PCS and Nextel iDEN networks. Unfortunately, devices from other carriers are not compatible and would not function on our network."

When questioned again (just to make sure), another salesperson stated, "No, you can not use any other service provider's phone with Sprint."

Out of curiosity, does AI's terms and conditions state anything about how old you need to be before you can join the forums?

 

A simple search for anyone who puts an "i" in front of some word should immediately identify the 12 year olds, and thus result in termination of their accounts for being under age.

Hope it's legit, because I love the changes. I especially hope the rear facing mic makes the final cut, because sound in video recordings is a major drawback on the iPhone. A bit longer battery life or more storage would be a nice use of the extra room. The beveled metal edge is a nice touch, and hopefully the grip is still solid (and less soap-like as some other phones are). To those who want the bezel to go away, one-handed use of the thumb for touching gets my big hand to touch the bottom-right corner as it is sometimes. Less bezel is going to make that worse for me at least. It would be a good example of something that looks better, but would work badly.

 

Guys, friendly reminder: don't feed the trolls. Just drown them out with discussion amongst yourselves. And why so much attacking and accusing? I guess the sensationalist nature of this site brings people who thrill in overblown drama?

Flat out glad.

I'm a left-laner; where do you drive?

It's actually an Einstein thing. Go read as to why he did that.


At least we have been getting redesigned Mac Pro's. Those failing to see that have a single-digid IQ.



Don't see the picture, but don't need to. You make a strong case!



It might, but not every patent is something Apple wants to create. Sometimes they seem to use it 'for other reasons than to apply it'. Still:

Whilst I think the 4 & 4S designs are amazing, Apple should drop them and lean towards something more practical for everyday use.

The first thing I thought when I unboxed my 4 was, wow what a beautiful phone, this will cost me a fortune if I drop it. How many iPhone 4 & 4S users now have that beautiful design hidden away in some cheap and nasty case? Far too fragile for everyday use.

Time to move on.

The issue you seem to be having is that people do not think in these terms. Last year, this past year, whenever I mentioned LTE to a friend or relative they went into "she's a brainiac mode". No one outside of schooled or self tought people on this subject even know what any of this means. So you know a little... Good for you! Make your choice accordingly.

To address your third paragraph, (second quoted, third written). The people who criticize the next phone will be people from this site and other tech sites. I will bet most of my money on that. However, the average phone user will not say they miss LTE or wish they even had it. When you ask them how they like it they'll either say they love it or shrug their shoulders.

Highly doubtful Apple will do a new iPad in 2nd half of 2012. As with Apple, new connections = new adaptors. No one will really care that the iPhone has a different port. If you use the iPhone charger on an iPad it takes ages to charge. As for syncing with a PC, I guess there will be one USB cable for iPhone 5 and one cable for ~everything else~.

It's actually amazing that Apple kept the existing USB adaptor for such a long time.

And metal weapons so 18th BCE.

Deniers gonna Deny?

Actually the glass screen is real cheap to replace now. $30 off eBay. Usually less, even less than $10. The quality, though, of course, is another story.

But that makes you wonder. How much does Apple pay for theirs?

LOL! Bit like 'French Champagne'.

OT: Google is contributing to copyright infringements by orientating users to illegal links through its auto complete function. link

Mr. DaHarder,

I am only using "Mr." due to previous posts.

I went to school with people who majored in marketing. That was pretty cool because the things that were apparently studied there were the biggest mistakes. From what I've been told, Coke has the biggest flub in this respect. Would you like to know why?

Apparently a long time ago they decided to change Coke. They did a consumer study to people similar to those on this forum. (stretching, but close). Apparently they stopped making Coke and started making 'The New Coke'.

Quess what? No one bought it. It was a failed product. The stock dropped beyond sickening and it just sat on the shelves after people had their first taste.

Pepsi was in its glory!

Apple has really isolated themselves in their phone and tablet venture because they continue to offer their previous existing product along side the new one. However, as I pointed out that's marketing 101. College level marketing. Apparently someone at Apple went to college. ...go figure.

So when YOU decide they need to radically change the best selling piece of hardware in the world, maybe you should keep a college level "text book case" in mind.

Now, for my own personal query, if you had something that "sold like hot cakes", how much would you change it? I've read your posts for a long time before I started posting. You seem sane... Imagine yourself selling the best product in the world and no one is even close... How would you radically change it?

Don't think of it as what "you" per say wold buy. Everyone else is grabbing it as fast as you could make it. How much would you really change it?

Big Surprise. Though the counterargument is that there is legitimate content on those sites.

Dubious.

 

But there is a prospect the next iPad will have the same connector as the new iPhone. Would you buy an iPad with the deprecated connector or would you wait for the next iPad with new connector? I would wait.

I think only certain people would wait. Remember even at the second the iPhone 5 is launched, you've still got iPhone 4S, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPods all with the deprecated connector. So people wanting to buy an iPad or iPod or iPhone 4S will just go ahead, I think.

Personally, I don't think the connector would affect my decision, though I have intensely followed the iPad launches by getting one within a few months of the 1, 2 and 3 (and was able to sell/ trade-in the 1 and 2).

You know, it's just a slot. (That's what she said LOL)

...Also, don't forget the tons of 3rd party equipment and accessories, speakers, etc. that all use the old connection, Apple has to supply an adaptor for connecting existing 3rd party equipment, I reckon.

I've never seen a thread with so much idiocy, and with so many new members who have registered just to troll and make an assinine comment. The 4/4S design has become incredibly iconic, popular, and loved. I can spot an iPhone 4/4S from a mile away, compared to every other smartphone that looks like any generic plastic slab. I'm not shocked that Apple would decide to maintain aspects of this design, and simply modify the dimensions/thickness/finish from here. There's no point in reinventing the wheel, as the design is still incredibly classy, timeless, and most importantly iconic. A mature person can understand why Apple may not want to throw all this in the trash and start over with a completely new design that might have its own teething issues. This is a phone that will sell in almost every country in the world, to hundreds of millions of people. It's not some niche device that Apple can go crazy with and experiment with. It's not 2007 anymore, this is the most important product that Apple makes. Maintaining a certain degree of consistency with the ultra-popular previous model is not a crime, unless you're some 15 year old with ADD who just want some unfeasible, futuristic render they've seen poster online, as many on tech message boards seem to be.   

 

Oh, and it's incredibly hilarious how the 'OMG THIS IS SO UGLY IT CANT BE REAL APPLE WOULD NEVER MAKE THE BACK LIKE THAT' mirror the comments on the lost iPhone4 perfectly- how 'ugly' it was because it had 'grooves' on the metallic band, and how never in a million years would apple make something so hideous. As it turns out, it was real, and it only became the most successful and iconic smartphone in history, and remained unchanged for 2 generations, selling hundreds of millions. SOme of you are so indignant, pretentious, and self-important, you never learn from history and recall how wrong you all were but instead spew the same comments with absolutely no humility, and end up looking like fools each time and proven wrong in epic fashion. 

That's social generalizing and you know it.

Those posters could be 40 and you would never really know.

The back plate seems a bit off though, with the dual glass bands and big middle metal chunk. Who knows, it may grow on me, or it may not. I was crazy for the MacBook Pro Retina but returned it after a few days, didn't feel "it".

But you know, at the end of the day, this is a forum where people with better things to do don't come here.

And naked!

First off the retina MBP is a radical design. One comes to that conclusion summing up all the elements of the design. However let's be honest here, what do you really expect them to do with a design like the conventional MBP? The technology isn't here yet for a roll up MBP. The fact is the hardware that goes inside dictates to an extent the external design as does the intentional uses. That is a laptop implies a certain layout of the hardware baring any advancements in tech nology to change that.
Yes it is a bit of a classic. However outward appearance isn't iMacs short comings these days, it is the rther pathetic internal structure that turns people off to the machine. Again what do you expect from a laptop? Further if I do go a MBP the next time I go Mac shopping I wouldn't want a dramatically changed machine for no reason. Not that the Retina machine isn't a dramatic change but at least the ergonomics are the same. This brings up human factors which for many actual users of the laptops is very important. MBPs are very nice compared to many machines when it comes to usability,the last thing Apple needs to do is throw that away in the name of design. Bull crap! A design is the sum of all of the elements a machine is composed of. In the case of laptops that means both internal and external components. This is even more screwed up on your part when you state that retina displays are internal changes. Think about that for a moment.
The Mini has never gone through rapid design changes, nor has the iMac for that matter. The original iMac was around for a very long time before the sun flower. It should be noted that a technology advance was required to effectively replace the original iMac, that technology being LCDs.

That is just men in the UK. Here in the USA men in Porsches cause wet panties to form across the country. A Porsche is a ticket to a roll in the hay.

 

In my case it is kind of a wishful thinking. I recently realized I want an iPad. So I'm hoping they will release the next iPad soon, because I don't want to buy a device with deprecated connector. I wouldn't feel good about it.

Personally, from a wee kid I've always been a Lamborghini man. That engine roar. Nothing like it in the world. Forget Porsches and Ferraris. Even seeing a Lambo tear up the track in GT300/GT500 races, man seeing that in person was epic.

However once I get my Tesla S I'll be wetting the right kind of panties.

No worries. Buy only what you feel good about.

Redundant post. My bad!
Edited by Vadania - 7/30/12 at 11:11am

Just like on MegaUpload, which the Feds closed. That was wrong, but I'm not American, who perhaps have a different opinion on that?

Can't help but noticing that anything post SJ is not good enough, time to move on SJ period is finished it is now post SJ.

Design is just a sum but not the whole which is more important for the iPhone especially the features and the upgradability of its OS.

As one commenter had said how often you you see a reign of the MacBook pro or even the air, they look the same year after year.

We buy the iPhone because of what it can do and the ecosystem that surrounds it.

And if you like a new look every six with a new contract you can by all means buy an android phone which refrverse every six month.

Ah, the design is not innovation, innovation mainly involves features.

Do android phones innovate because of the design or the features they have?

Keeping the same design has its advantages, it does go out of style and need not worry about being taken for something else.

I buy the iPhone for its features and the ecosystem and the best part its OS is upgradable.

I'm not so sure you know what innovation is. I'm not harping on you, but bland, blank statement posts do deserve that question.

Yes innovation involves features... Lots and lots of features.

al·leged   [uh-lejd, uh-lej-id]

adjective

1. declared or stated to be as described; asserted: The alleged murderer could not be located for questioning.

2. doubtful; suspect; supposed: The alleged cure-all produced no results when it was tested by reputable doctors.

Way too many knee-jerk reactions over something that may or may not be legit and certainly isn't final. I'll wait to give an opinion until Apple's keynote when the finished product with all its features is announced.

 

Never underestimate the value of an iconic design by an iconic brand that says, "I was smart enough to buy the real thing, not some cheap knockoff."

 

There, I fixed it for you.

Are all Torrents or Rapidshare files pirated (stolen) IP? I dunno myself, just asking.

 

EDIT: No need for an answer since I did some checking myself. Google started removing torrent and rapidshare results from their instant search over a year ago, and got panned for doing so. Some accused it of acting like the word police. No matter what they do on this one they're gonna catch flak. 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/217943/google_blocks_bittorrent_and_piracy_terms_from_search_tool.html

http://torrentfreak.com/google-starts-censoring-bittorrent-rapidshare-and-more-110126/

Edited by Gatorguy - 7/30/12 at 5:29am

I think it looks great, and I can't wait to order one.

 

Striking display of ignorance re Steve Jobs, his wardrobe, Apple, corporate "DNA", Buddhism and karma.